Civilization’s 1st instant message: “What hath God wrought?”
Well, it was almost instant. That was the first message sent by Morse’s telegraph system in 1844. Prior to that, communication could take months and connectivity beyond one’s town was about nonexistent. Today’s connectivity power of the Internet can put manufacturers in touch with suppliers and buyers anywhere in the world at any moment. Our…
Set a workflow routine to free mental energy
Each time you’re confronted with an important decision there is mental tension. This can lead to fatigue and stress. Harvard Business Review recommends the use of routines to reduce decision making. For instance, if you are a morning person, then get the difficult decisions out of the way before lunch. Rules-based approval routing and workflow…
MWUG: Download ISSG Process Digitization Presentation (PDF)
For all those who attended our session at the QAD Midwest Users Group (MWUG) conference, we’d like to extend a big THANK YOU for joining us. We were delighted by the packed room and the buzz generated by the session we performed with Senthil Kumar Ragupathi of Avery Dennison. As promised please find a link…
Loose financial controls led to grant embezzlement
This past summer, the University of Louisville learned the hard way what can happen with financial process controls are lax or MIA: six employees were accused with taking school money or grant funds when an audit uncovered evidence of embezzlement. In our experience, companies that have the right business process optimization can improve their financial controls,…
Manufacturing digitization will transform supply chains
Manufacturers are on the cusp of a digital tsunami with digitalization poised to transform the way they’ve been doing their supply chain for the past two decades, according to MIT News. Companies that buck the digitization trend are not leveraging 21ST Century technology’s value to improve their business processes, including the Cloud, mobile devices, social media,…
Before digital, analog and the printing press…there were complaining monks
“The parchment is hairy,” griped a medieval monk who spent months copying biblical text. We know of his grievance because he wrote it in the margin of his painstakingly copied manuscript. I imagine the evolution from 20th Century analog to 21st Century digital is as much of a world transformation as what happened after Johannes…
Don’t Get Stuck in the Past with Analog Processes. Learn About Process Digitization.
Look within any organization large or small and you will find that many of their business processes are stuck in Analog! That does not mean that they are not automated. Rather, it means that they are not leveraging the value that today’s technology affords to improve business processes in a number of ways which have…
Improving Process Cycle Time improves Supply Chain Performance
Improve Process Cycle Time by utilizing Internet Connectivity Technology If you analyze the performance of your organization’s various business processes you will spot several roadblocks that can hamper productivity. These often involve time-sensitive communications between individuals and trading Partners, the routing and distribution of critical documents, and the enforcement of your organization’s approval policy which is…
